Shark Bay in Western Australia - information and great photographs.

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Shark Bay

Shark Bay is one of the few areas in the world meeting all 4 natural criteria for heritage listing.

The other 3 are:

Monkey Mia

Covering 4000 km², the seagrass meadows are the foundation of Shark Bay's marine ecosystem and one of the main reasons for World Heritage status.

Boasting 6 species of venomous sea snakes, 120 coral species, 320 fish species and one of the worlds largest populations of tiger sharks and dugongs.

Puck

The world famous Monkey Mia dolphins at Shark Bay have turned up for feeding and interaction with humans nearly every day for over 40 years.

Bottlenose

Feeding Time

Camel Bush

What is it?

Shell Beach

Ow ow ow!

This deceptive white sandy beach stretches as far as the eye can see.

These cockleshells have been drifting in for about 6000 years. The white shell deposits are up to 10 metres deep, along 120 kms of coastline.

Coquina

Building Blocks

Contact

50 million years ago terrestrial mammals entered the water.

Ancient

Stromatolites are rock-like structures built by cyanobacteria, one of the first lifeforms to appear on Earth.

Cyanobacteria have been releasing oxygen into the atmosphere for 3.5 billion years allowing air-breathing lifeforms to evolve.

These survived predators due to the high salt content of Hamelin Pool.

Desert 'n' Coast

Stromatolites

Shark Bay - Western Australia

Shell Beach	Ow ow ow! This deceptive white sandy beach stretches as far as the eye can see. These cockleshells have been drifting in for about 6000 years. The white shell deposits are up to 10 metres deep, along 120 kms of coastline.
Coquina	Building Blocks
Contact	50 million years ago terrestrial mammals entered the water.
Ancient	Stromatolites are rock-like structures built by cyanobacteria, one of the first lifeforms to appear on Earth. Cyanobacteria have been releasing oxygen into the atmosphere for 3.5 billion years allowing air-breathing lifeforms to evolve. These survived predators due to the high salt content of Hamelin Pool.
Desert 'n' Coast	Stromatolites